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Archive for April, 2008

Got my 2nd Brother-In-Law!

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Today, I got my 2nd Brother-In-Law.

Pictures? Nah, later la. So busy already, still need time to post process la.

Pet World Malaysia 2008 : Part 2!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

cute!

Yes, here is Kira - one of the cute attendees at Pet World Malaysia 2008

Check out the rest of the gallery here.

Vandals blamed for Sabah blackout

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
KOTA KINABALU: Vandals are being blamed for Sabah’s worst blackout since the commissioning of the east west power grid in November last year.

Suspected vandals are believed to have removed steel pieces of a 132kV transmission tower that led to its collapse, triggering a major power blackout Monday lasting nearly six hours from 6.41pm and affecting 300,000 consumers in most areas of the state.

Source

My goodness. I’m not surprised that vandals are blamed. In fact I’m not surprised at the vandals being the culprit. :) It’s easy to blame the vandals but fact of the matter is THEY LACK SECURITY. WTH is this? 90% of the state or so depends on the power grid for their livelihood and where is the security?

IF vandals could get their piece of metal, where da heck is the security then? It’s not easy to remove metal pieces from a transmission tower, sufficient to make it collapse. These structures were made to hold heavy weight of cables mine you.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to estimate the amount of metal to be taken in order to reach such level of compromise.

From my opinion? It’s the usual blame game. If it was really vandals, then I’d say security is as fault. If it was just a cover-up, then it’s just plain negligence over maintenance. Nuff sed!

*This post is in reference to the blackout incident in Sabah.

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